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 FAMILY
BUSINESS: Complete First Season. (Site)
281 minutes. Three DVDs. Family Business is a reality show that follows
single dad Adam Glasser, his Mom Lila, Adam’s seven-year-old son Brady,
and Adam’s 60-year-old cousin, Stevie. This lovable foursome lead
seemingly ordinary lives; Adam is looking for the woman of his dreams,
Lila tries her best to fix her son up with that woman, Brady is busy being
a little boy, and Cousin Stevie is just a flat out character dealing with
life. Seem boring? Well, not when you realize that Adam is one of the
adult entertainment industry most successful film star, director,
producer, and distributor. Not only that, both his Mom and Cousin Stevie
work for Adam, aka Seymore Butts. Adding even more intrigue to this story
is the fact that Seymore Butts is famously known for anal sex and female
ejaculation movies. Not your ordinary porn. Throw in Bishop, Adam’s
cameraman and editor, a bevy of hot porn actresses, a few other oddballs,
and you have one hell of a family business.
Aside from American Chopper, I tend to dislike all reality tv
programs. However, the first time I saw Family Business, I was hooked. The
format of the show is a combination of interviews with the characters and
camera tag alongs during everyday life of the stars. This series is
absolutely hilarious, with most of the humor coming from Cousin Stevie.
Witnessing a little of the adult entertainment business side is very
interesting to me, as are all the sights often unseen when filming a porn
movie. Seeing the interactions and behavior of the actors and actresses is
also “interesting.” There
is a lot of nudity, some of it rather explicit, and many scenes of the
sexual nature. The language may make you innocent ones gag. This set
includes the ten episodes that make up season one, and a number of
entertaining, but short extras. The only downfall to this set is the
price, as you only get ten episodes. I trust, and hope that, the second
season (which just ended on Showtime) set will contain more content. One
can’t make up stuff like this. I tried my hardest to think up a clever
play with Siskel and Ebert’s two thumbs up rating system, but two boobs
up or two testicles up just don’t cut it, and two penises up seem a tad
on the homosexual side. So instead, I’ll just give Family Business a
high recommendation and leave the cute play with words up to you. - Denis
Sheehan
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